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<h1 class="epydoc">Source Code for <a href="simplejson.tool-module.html">Module simplejson.tool</a></h1>
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<a name="L1"></a><tt class="py-lineno"> 1</tt>  <tt class="py-line"><tt class="py-docstring">r"""</tt> </tt>
<a name="L2"></a><tt class="py-lineno"> 2</tt>  <tt class="py-line"><tt class="py-docstring">Using simplejson from the shell to validate and</tt> </tt>
<a name="L3"></a><tt class="py-lineno"> 3</tt>  <tt class="py-line"><tt class="py-docstring">pretty-print::</tt> </tt>
<a name="L4"></a><tt class="py-lineno"> 4</tt>  <tt class="py-line"><tt class="py-docstring">    </tt> </tt>
<a name="L5"></a><tt class="py-lineno"> 5</tt>  <tt class="py-line"><tt class="py-docstring">    $ echo '{"json":"obj"}' | python -msimplejson</tt> </tt>
<a name="L6"></a><tt class="py-lineno"> 6</tt>  <tt class="py-line"><tt class="py-docstring">    {</tt> </tt>
<a name="L7"></a><tt class="py-lineno"> 7</tt>  <tt class="py-line"><tt class="py-docstring">        "json": "obj"</tt> </tt>
<a name="L8"></a><tt class="py-lineno"> 8</tt>  <tt class="py-line"><tt class="py-docstring">    }</tt> </tt>
<a name="L9"></a><tt class="py-lineno"> 9</tt>  <tt class="py-line"><tt class="py-docstring">    $ echo '{ 1.2:3.4}' | python -msimplejson</tt> </tt>
<a name="L10"></a><tt class="py-lineno">10</tt>  <tt class="py-line"><tt class="py-docstring">    Expecting property name: line 1 column 2 (char 2)</tt> </tt>
<a name="L11"></a><tt class="py-lineno">11</tt>  <tt class="py-line"><tt class="py-docstring"></tt> </tt>
<a name="L12"></a><tt class="py-lineno">12</tt>  <tt class="py-line"><tt class="py-docstring">Note that the JSON produced by this module's default settings</tt> </tt>
<a name="L13"></a><tt class="py-lineno">13</tt>  <tt class="py-line"><tt class="py-docstring">is a subset of YAML, so it may be used as a serializer for that as well.</tt> </tt>
<a name="L14"></a><tt class="py-lineno">14</tt>  <tt class="py-line"><tt class="py-docstring">"""</tt> </tt>
<a name="L15"></a><tt class="py-lineno">15</tt>  <tt class="py-line"><tt class="py-keyword">import</tt> <tt id="link-0" class="py-name" targets="Package simplejson=simplejson-module.html"><a title="simplejson" class="py-name" href="#" onclick="return doclink('link-0', 'simplejson', 'link-0');">simplejson</a></tt> </tt>
<a name="L16"></a><tt class="py-lineno">16</tt>  <tt class="py-line"> </tt>
<a name="L17"></a><tt class="py-lineno">17</tt>  <tt class="py-line"><tt class="py-comment">#</tt> </tt>
<a name="L18"></a><tt class="py-lineno">18</tt>  <tt class="py-line"><tt class="py-comment"></tt><tt class="py-comment"># Pretty printer:</tt> </tt>
<a name="L19"></a><tt class="py-lineno">19</tt>  <tt class="py-line"><tt class="py-comment"></tt><tt class="py-comment">#     curl http://mochikit.com/examples/ajax_tables/domains.json | python -msimplejson.tool</tt> </tt>
<a name="L20"></a><tt class="py-lineno">20</tt>  <tt class="py-line"><tt class="py-comment"></tt><tt class="py-comment">#</tt> </tt>
<a name="L21"></a><tt class="py-lineno">21</tt>  <tt class="py-line"><tt class="py-comment"></tt> </tt>
<a name="main"></a><div id="main-def"><a name="L22"></a><tt class="py-lineno">22</tt> <a class="py-toggle" href="#" id="main-toggle" onclick="return toggle('main');">-</a><tt class="py-line"><tt class="py-keyword">def</tt> <a class="py-def-name" href="simplejson.tool-module.html#main">main</a><tt class="py-op">(</tt><tt class="py-op">)</tt><tt class="py-op">:</tt> </tt>
</div><div id="main-collapsed" style="display:none;" pad="++" indent="++++"></div><div id="main-expanded"><a name="L23"></a><tt class="py-lineno">23</tt>  <tt class="py-line">    <tt class="py-keyword">import</tt> <tt class="py-name">sys</tt> </tt>
<a name="L24"></a><tt class="py-lineno">24</tt>  <tt class="py-line">    <tt class="py-keyword">if</tt> <tt class="py-name">len</tt><tt class="py-op">(</tt><tt class="py-name">sys</tt><tt class="py-op">.</tt><tt class="py-name">argv</tt><tt class="py-op">)</tt> <tt class="py-op">==</tt> <tt class="py-number">1</tt><tt class="py-op">:</tt> </tt>
<a name="L25"></a><tt class="py-lineno">25</tt>  <tt class="py-line">        <tt class="py-name">infile</tt> <tt class="py-op">=</tt> <tt class="py-name">sys</tt><tt class="py-op">.</tt><tt class="py-name">stdin</tt> </tt>
<a name="L26"></a><tt class="py-lineno">26</tt>  <tt class="py-line">        <tt class="py-name">outfile</tt> <tt class="py-op">=</tt> <tt class="py-name">sys</tt><tt class="py-op">.</tt><tt class="py-name">stdout</tt> </tt>
<a name="L27"></a><tt class="py-lineno">27</tt>  <tt class="py-line">    <tt class="py-keyword">elif</tt> <tt class="py-name">len</tt><tt class="py-op">(</tt><tt class="py-name">sys</tt><tt class="py-op">.</tt><tt class="py-name">argv</tt><tt class="py-op">)</tt> <tt class="py-op">==</tt> <tt class="py-number">2</tt><tt class="py-op">:</tt> </tt>
<a name="L28"></a><tt class="py-lineno">28</tt>  <tt class="py-line">        <tt class="py-name">infile</tt> <tt class="py-op">=</tt> <tt class="py-name">open</tt><tt class="py-op">(</tt><tt class="py-name">sys</tt><tt class="py-op">.</tt><tt class="py-name">argv</tt><tt class="py-op">[</tt><tt class="py-number">1</tt><tt class="py-op">]</tt><tt class="py-op">,</tt> <tt class="py-string">'rb'</tt><tt class="py-op">)</tt> </tt>
<a name="L29"></a><tt class="py-lineno">29</tt>  <tt class="py-line">        <tt class="py-name">outfile</tt> <tt class="py-op">=</tt> <tt class="py-name">sys</tt><tt class="py-op">.</tt><tt class="py-name">stdout</tt> </tt>
<a name="L30"></a><tt class="py-lineno">30</tt>  <tt class="py-line">    <tt class="py-keyword">elif</tt> <tt class="py-name">len</tt><tt class="py-op">(</tt><tt class="py-name">sys</tt><tt class="py-op">.</tt><tt class="py-name">argv</tt><tt class="py-op">)</tt> <tt class="py-op">==</tt> <tt class="py-number">3</tt><tt class="py-op">:</tt> </tt>
<a name="L31"></a><tt class="py-lineno">31</tt>  <tt class="py-line">        <tt class="py-name">infile</tt> <tt class="py-op">=</tt> <tt class="py-name">open</tt><tt class="py-op">(</tt><tt class="py-name">sys</tt><tt class="py-op">.</tt><tt class="py-name">argv</tt><tt class="py-op">[</tt><tt class="py-number">1</tt><tt class="py-op">]</tt><tt class="py-op">,</tt> <tt class="py-string">'rb'</tt><tt class="py-op">)</tt> </tt>
<a name="L32"></a><tt class="py-lineno">32</tt>  <tt class="py-line">        <tt class="py-name">outfile</tt> <tt class="py-op">=</tt> <tt class="py-name">open</tt><tt class="py-op">(</tt><tt class="py-name">sys</tt><tt class="py-op">.</tt><tt class="py-name">argv</tt><tt class="py-op">[</tt><tt class="py-number">2</tt><tt class="py-op">]</tt><tt class="py-op">,</tt> <tt class="py-string">'wb'</tt><tt class="py-op">)</tt> </tt>
<a name="L33"></a><tt class="py-lineno">33</tt>  <tt class="py-line">    <tt class="py-keyword">else</tt><tt class="py-op">:</tt> </tt>
<a name="L34"></a><tt class="py-lineno">34</tt>  <tt class="py-line">        <tt class="py-keyword">raise</tt> <tt class="py-name">SystemExit</tt><tt class="py-op">(</tt><tt class="py-string">"%s [infile [outfile]]"</tt> <tt class="py-op">%</tt> <tt class="py-op">(</tt><tt class="py-name">sys</tt><tt class="py-op">.</tt><tt class="py-name">argv</tt><tt class="py-op">[</tt><tt class="py-number">0</tt><tt class="py-op">]</tt><tt class="py-op">,</tt><tt class="py-op">)</tt><tt class="py-op">)</tt> </tt>
<a name="L35"></a><tt class="py-lineno">35</tt>  <tt class="py-line">    <tt class="py-keyword">try</tt><tt class="py-op">:</tt> </tt>
<a name="L36"></a><tt class="py-lineno">36</tt>  <tt class="py-line">        <tt class="py-name">obj</tt> <tt class="py-op">=</tt> <tt id="link-1" class="py-name"><a title="simplejson" class="py-name" href="#" onclick="return doclink('link-1', 'simplejson', 'link-0');">simplejson</a></tt><tt class="py-op">.</tt><tt id="link-2" class="py-name" targets="Function simplejson.load()=simplejson-module.html#load"><a title="simplejson.load" class="py-name" href="#" onclick="return doclink('link-2', 'load', 'link-2');">load</a></tt><tt class="py-op">(</tt><tt class="py-name">infile</tt><tt class="py-op">)</tt> </tt>
<a name="L37"></a><tt class="py-lineno">37</tt>  <tt class="py-line">    <tt class="py-keyword">except</tt> <tt class="py-name">ValueError</tt><tt class="py-op">,</tt> <tt class="py-name">e</tt><tt class="py-op">:</tt> </tt>
<a name="L38"></a><tt class="py-lineno">38</tt>  <tt class="py-line">        <tt class="py-keyword">raise</tt> <tt class="py-name">SystemExit</tt><tt class="py-op">(</tt><tt class="py-name">e</tt><tt class="py-op">)</tt> </tt>
<a name="L39"></a><tt class="py-lineno">39</tt>  <tt class="py-line">    <tt id="link-3" class="py-name"><a title="simplejson" class="py-name" href="#" onclick="return doclink('link-3', 'simplejson', 'link-0');">simplejson</a></tt><tt class="py-op">.</tt><tt id="link-4" class="py-name" targets="Function simplejson.dump()=simplejson-module.html#dump"><a title="simplejson.dump" class="py-name" href="#" onclick="return doclink('link-4', 'dump', 'link-4');">dump</a></tt><tt class="py-op">(</tt><tt class="py-name">obj</tt><tt class="py-op">,</tt> <tt class="py-name">outfile</tt><tt class="py-op">,</tt> <tt class="py-name">sort_keys</tt><tt class="py-op">=</tt><tt class="py-name">True</tt><tt class="py-op">,</tt> <tt class="py-name">indent</tt><tt class="py-op">=</tt><tt class="py-number">4</tt><tt class="py-op">)</tt> </tt>
<a name="L40"></a><tt class="py-lineno">40</tt>  <tt class="py-line">    <tt class="py-name">outfile</tt><tt class="py-op">.</tt><tt id="link-5" class="py-name" targets="Function simplejson.write()=simplejson-module.html#write"><a title="simplejson.write" class="py-name" href="#" onclick="return doclink('link-5', 'write', 'link-5');">write</a></tt><tt class="py-op">(</tt><tt class="py-string">'\n'</tt><tt class="py-op">)</tt> </tt>
</div><a name="L41"></a><tt class="py-lineno">41</tt>  <tt class="py-line"> </tt>
<a name="L42"></a><tt class="py-lineno">42</tt>  <tt class="py-line"> </tt>
<a name="L43"></a><tt class="py-lineno">43</tt>  <tt class="py-line"><tt class="py-keyword">if</tt> <tt class="py-name">__name__</tt> <tt class="py-op">==</tt> <tt class="py-string">'__main__'</tt><tt class="py-op">:</tt> </tt>
<a name="L44"></a><tt class="py-lineno">44</tt>  <tt class="py-line">    <tt id="link-6" class="py-name" targets="Function simplejson.tool.main()=simplejson.tool-module.html#main"><a title="simplejson.tool.main" class="py-name" href="#" onclick="return doclink('link-6', 'main', 'link-6');">main</a></tt><tt class="py-op">(</tt><tt class="py-op">)</tt> </tt>
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